wa·ter·y (wô t -r , w t -)adj. wa·ter·i·er, wa·ter·i·est 1. Filled with, consisting of, or soaked with water; wet or soggy: watery soil. 2. Containing too much water; diluted: watery soup. 3. Suggestive of water, as in being thin, pale, or liquid: watery sunshine. 4. Lacking force or substance; weak or insipid: watery prose. 5. Secreting or discharging water or watery fluid, especially as a symptom of disease. 6. Accompanied by tears; tearful: a watery good-bye.
wa ter·i·ness n. |
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| Noun | 1. | wateriness - the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water; "the baseball game was canceled because of the wateriness of the outfield"; "the water's muddiness made it undrinkable"; "the sloppiness of a rainy November day"wetness - the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water); "he confirmed the wetness of the swimming trunks" |
| 2. | wateriness - meagerness or poorness connoted by a superfluity of water (in a literary style as well as in a food); "the haziness and wateriness of his disquisitions"; "the wateriness of his blood"; "no one enjoys the burning of his soup or the wateriness of his potatoes" |
| 3. | wateriness - the property of resembling the viscosity of waterthinness - a consistency of low viscosity; "he disliked the thinness of the soup" |